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* J. T. CLARKSON.

. HARNESS.

No. 293,950. Patented Feb. 19;, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH T. GLARKSON, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,950, dated February19, 1884. App ication filed July 18, 1883. No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, J OSEPH T. CLARKSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Amesbury, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Harness, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to prevent the motion which iscommunicated to the shafts of vehicles by the rising and falling of thehorses back when in motion. I attain this object by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a frontelevation, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, of my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The lug A, in which the shafts are carried, is attached to thelug-buckle G by spiral springs D. The lug-buckle O is attached to thesaddle in the usual manner. The strap B is fastened to the lug A and thebuckle O, and is designed to limit the elasticity of the springs, aswell as to act as a safety-strap in case the springs should give way.

The elastic connection between the lug and the saddle may be obtained bysubstituting rubber or other flexible material for the springs;

but I think the best results are obtainable withthe brass or steelspiral springs, as shown. If necessary, springs may be put on below thelug, so as to make a complete elastic connection above and below.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isa 1. The combination, with a shaft-lug, of the elastic connectionshown and described, and the JOSEPH T. GLARKSON.

Witnesses: V

GEORGE H. BRIGGS, W. T. GLARKSON.

